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March 18, 2013

Law for Older Americans

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Health Care Advance Directives

Is an advance directive still good when you cross state lines?

Providers normally try to follow your wishes, regardless of the form you use or where you executed it. Only if you spend significant amounts of time in more than one state do you seriously need to consider executing an advance directive for each state. In such cases, find out whether one document will meet the formal requirements of these states.

As a practical matter, you may want to name different agents anyway if one agent is not easily available in all locations. The agent should be physically close to the place of care.